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• I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps.

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  Different, Records, Flow

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• A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.

  Norah Jones

  People, Pops

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• I didn't think it was fair to my music to label me as the daughter of somebody - I didn't think it described me very well and I didn't think it had anything to do with my music.

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  Daughter, Mother, Thinking

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• What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it.

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  Couple, Thinking, Two

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• I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot.

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  Guitar, Play, People

  "How To Break Up With Attitude, According To Norah Jones". Interview with David Greene, nhpr.org. May 1, 2012.

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• Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

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  Talking, Play, Listening

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• In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.

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  Weekend, College, Best Practices

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• Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted.

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  Home, Trying, Records

  "Spiritual Home: Los Feliz, L.A." by Seth Plattner, www.elle.com. May 1, 2012.

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• The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.

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  Trying, Dresses, Labels

  "Norah Jones sweeps Grammy Awards", www.cnn.com. March 10, 2003.

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• I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician.

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  People, Acting, Musician

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 7, 2010.

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• I like barbecuing because it's easy.

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  Easy

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• I make a good fried chicken.

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  Chickens, Fried Chicken

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• I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

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  Thinking, Trying, Different

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• For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

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  Artist, Making Money, These Days

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• A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.

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  Subtle, Enjoy, Music Is

  Interview Magazine Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 2008.

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• A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.

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  Snapshots, Records, Where You Are

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• I actually write more on guitar than I do on piano.

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  Writing, Guitar, Piano

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• If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me

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  Way, Paint, Reverie

  Song: Painter Song, Album: Come Away With Me

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• For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

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  Lines, Fine Lines, Fine

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• During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.

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  Makeup, Hair, Unhappy

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• Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.

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  Football, Team, School

  "Oprah Talks to Norah Jones". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. July, 2003.

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• I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.

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  Thinking, Way, Kind

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 07, 2010.

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• Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas!

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  Texas, Classical Music, Grew

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• I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

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  Thinking, Practice, Singing

  "Singer / Song-writer Norah Jones TalkAsia Interview Transcript". Interview With Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 14, 2004.

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• I'm always going to do that - record and make music.

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  Records

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